Whatever Doesn't Kill Me...

Over the last fortnight we have been featuring some of the most popular programs from 2012.

The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche famously said: "that which does not kill us makes us stronger".

Today's show, Whatever Doesn't Kill Me....., was inspired by Richard's extended hospital stay last year, and also by the last column written by journalist Christopher Hitchens shortly before he died.

The stories include: ABC journalist Tim Palmer's interesting relationship with pain, Syd Kirkby on how his father demonstrated an extraordinary will to survive, and Carren Smith's experience of the Bali bombings.